Just a word to the wise to anyone who might be new to Florida, or visiting down here with a trawler. Generally speaking, September is our worst month for hurricanes here. I check the National Hurricane Center website at National Hurricane Center twice a day during this time of year. They put out advisories every 6 hours. I would not in the least presume to tell anyone what they should do if a hurricane is headed their way, other than to tell you that the authorities go a little crazy here (they are in Florida anyway, even under the best of conditions).

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Mr. jwnall. Sound advice to be sure. I've been watching what has now been named Gabrielle for the last week or so. Lollygagging around the Carib' doing a whole lot of nothing until today. Interesting situation. This was forecast to be a busier than usual hurricane season as were the last two years and nada....That being said, there are now 4 areas of concern I'm watching.